From its README: rg --type-add 'foo:*.{foo,foobar}' -tfoo bar --- You simply make the below into an alias: rg --type-add 'foo:*.{foo,foobar}' Or, i

From its README: rg --type-add 'foo:*.{foo,foobar}' -tfoo bar --- You simply make the below into an alias: rg --type-add 'foo:*.{foo,foobar}' Or, if the type you need is generic that other users can also use, submit a PR. The developer was kind to except mine.. https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/pull/107/files https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/pull/107/files .. it's a trivial 1-line PR.